Song | You Must Love Me |
Artist | Jay-Z |
Album | In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 |
[00:06.14] | Talking: Throughout my life (uh huh uh huh uh) |
[00:08.63] | no matter what I've done.(Right) |
[00:10.37] | You've been merciful and your love endureth (yeah) |
[00:15.18] | through all things (ye yeah) For that |
[00:21.12] | I am eternally grateful. |
[00:22.79] | |
[00:23.13] | Since my date of birth |
[00:24.06] | bought you nothing but hurt |
[00:25.48] | play those video games |
[00:27.07] | stole change from ya purse |
[00:28.70] | Sat on the cold court bench |
[00:30.49] | 'til I was arraigned in ya skirt |
[00:31.62] | Saw the pain in ya face |
[00:33.27] | through you maintained a smirk |
[00:34.69] | All you did was motivate me |
[00:36.36] | don't let 'em hold you back |
[00:37.67] | What I do I turned around |
[00:39.41] | and I sold you crack |
[00:41.23] | I was a bastard for that |
[00:42.47] | still I'm drowning in shame |
[00:43.90] | Just remember one thing now |
[00:45.82] | you're not to blame |
[00:47.25] | You was newly seperated |
[00:48.78] | tryin' to escape ya world |
[00:50.24] | and through my thirst |
[00:51.37] | I didn't help you |
[00:52.08] | I just made things worse |
[00:53.40] | I hated me and everybody |
[00:54.89] | that created crack |
[00:56.24] | Had me thinkin' |
[00:57.25] | the newest kicks and the latest gat |
[00:59.63] | Still haven't apologized |
[01:01.01] | so please play this back |
[01:02.65] | while I try to come to terms |
[01:04.22] | with such a heinous act |
[01:05.58] | you know in more than one way |
[01:07.19] | cocaine numbs the brain |
[01:08.61] | All I did was think about |
[01:10.06] | how the funds once came |
[01:11.82] | then I ran across this memory |
[01:13.43] | and it stung the brain |
[01:14.74] | How can you ever destroy the beauty |
[01:16.51] | from which one came |
[01:18.09] | That's a savage you're the reason |
[01:19.61] | why me and these beats make a marriage |
[01:21.05] | why I rhyme above average and |
[01:23.01] | I ain't shit |
[01:24.02] | Glad you got yourself together |
[01:25.70] | no thanks to me |
[01:27.03] | Strong and beautiful the way thangs should be |
[01:29.53] | You must love me |
[01:31.60] | Say that you love me |
[01:37.64] | All I know say that you must love me. |
[01:43.56] | Ohh yeah |
[01:47.27] | |
[01:49.04] | We used to fight every night |
[01:50.45] | but I never would suffer |
[01:51.87] | just smile my big brother's |
[01:53.64] | tryna make me tougher |
[01:55.03] | As we grew fussing and fighting continued |
[01:57.87] | as I plundered through ya stuff |
[01:59.67] | and snuck ya clothes to school |
[02:01.03] | Got intense real intense |
[02:02.89] | as we got older |
[02:04.33] | Never believed it would lead |
[02:05.86] | to be popped in one in ya shoulda |
[02:07.44] | Where my rings? Knew you had it |
[02:09.12] | 'cause you took too long |
[02:10.32] | as Mickey, Andy, and the girl that bought it looked on |
[02:13.51] | Huffin' and puffin' gun in my hand |
[02:15.22] | told you step outside |
[02:16.51] | Hoping you said no but you hurt my pride |
[02:19.60] | made our way down the steps |
[02:21.53] | maybe you thought it was just a threat |
[02:22.98] | or maybe ya life was just that crazy |
[02:24.42] | and you was beggin' for death |
[02:25.94] | try to justify this in my young mind |
[02:27.72] | but ya drillin' it |
[02:29.58] | and my ego hurt combined |
[02:30.88] | drove me berzerk |
[02:32.08] | Saw the devil in your eyes |
[02:33.79] | high off more than weed |
[02:35.40] | confused I just closed |
[02:36.95] | my young eyes and squeezed |
[02:38.23] | What a sound |
[02:39.27] | opened my eyes just in time |
[02:40.50] | to see ya stumbling to the ground |
[02:41.96] | Damn what the fuck I done now |
[02:44.25] | runnin' around in a circle |
[02:45.73] | thinking I'm assed out |
[02:47.35] | hot gun burnin' my waist |
[02:48.97] | ran straight to Jazz' house |
[02:50.63] | Like a stranger damn I just shot my nigga |
[02:53.61] | and ran off into the night as if it was not my nigga |
[02:56.50] | Left the scene how could I go out that way |
[02:59.66] | Still you asked to see me in the hospital ya next day |
[03:02.67] | You must love me. |
[03:04.07] | |
[03:06.10] | What after all the wrong I've done |
[03:09.58] | I know you must |
[03:15.58] | |
[03:16.02] | Everything in my power and within my frame |
[03:18.40] | to protect you from this life and |
[03:20.00] | keep you away from the game |
[03:21.51] | But you was one of the few people |
[03:23.18] | that I can trust |
[03:24.52] | and the fact of the matter I slang |
[03:26.45] | these pies for us |
[03:27.77] | You put the pressure on me dearly |
[03:29.38] | rarely would you let it go |
[03:30.72] | Was a thousand and one times |
[03:32.19] | I had to tell you no |
[03:33.76] | When it was one of those days |
[03:35.33] | when nobody was around |
[03:36.81] | and I needed emergency trip |
[03:38.39] | out of town |
[03:39.83] | Searched my mental rolodex |
[03:41.73] | for all the numbers I know |
[03:42.96] | As you stared in my face |
[03:44.47] | asking me could you go |
[03:45.89] | I'm agreed said sender |
[03:47.43] | everything'll go smooth |
[03:49.19] | just tell her what to do |
[03:50.84] | and everything'll go through |
[03:52.45] | Strapped her body with them thangs |
[03:54.36] | as you boarded the plane |
[03:56.01] | Couldn't explain these strange feelings |
[03:57.65] | that I caught and the pain |
[03:58.77] | I'm thinkin' why would I send you |
[04:00.26] | when I knew it ain't right |
[04:01.57] | I'm thinkin' what would |
[04:02.77] | make you sacrifice ya life |
[04:04.61] | You must love me |
[04:06.05] | |
[04:07.35] | After everything that I've done wrong |
[04:12.08] | I know inside you must love me |
[04:27.84] | you must love me |
[04:32.74] | I know that you love me |
[04:42.91] | You showed me I know it |
[04:49.49] | I know |
[04:56.66] | Say that you love me |
[04:58.37] | say that you love me |
[05:03.26] | I know you must love me |
[05:10.95] | you must love me |
[05:15.05] | Oh yes you do |
[05:18.75] | Inside I know it |
[05:21.70] | you've always shown it |
[05:24.86] | you love me yea yeah |
[05:27.75] | Oh yeah |
[05:30.67] | I know that you love me |
[05:40.35] | |
[05:40.73] |
[00:06.14] | Talking: Throughout my life uh huh uh huh uh |
[00:08.63] | no matter what I' ve done. Right |
[00:10.37] | You' ve been merciful and your love endureth yeah |
[00:15.18] | through all things ye yeah For that |
[00:21.12] | I am eternally grateful. |
[00:22.79] | |
[00:23.13] | Since my date of birth |
[00:24.06] | bought you nothing but hurt |
[00:25.48] | play those video games |
[00:27.07] | stole change from ya purse |
[00:28.70] | Sat on the cold court bench |
[00:30.49] | ' til I was arraigned in ya skirt |
[00:31.62] | Saw the pain in ya face |
[00:33.27] | through you maintained a smirk |
[00:34.69] | All you did was motivate me |
[00:36.36] | don' t let ' em hold you back |
[00:37.67] | What I do I turned around |
[00:39.41] | and I sold you crack |
[00:41.23] | I was a bastard for that |
[00:42.47] | still I' m drowning in shame |
[00:43.90] | Just remember one thing now |
[00:45.82] | you' re not to blame |
[00:47.25] | You was newly seperated |
[00:48.78] | tryin' to escape ya world |
[00:50.24] | and through my thirst |
[00:51.37] | I didn' t help you |
[00:52.08] | I just made things worse |
[00:53.40] | I hated me and everybody |
[00:54.89] | that created crack |
[00:56.24] | Had me thinkin' |
[00:57.25] | the newest kicks and the latest gat |
[00:59.63] | Still haven' t apologized |
[01:01.01] | so please play this back |
[01:02.65] | while I try to come to terms |
[01:04.22] | with such a heinous act |
[01:05.58] | you know in more than one way |
[01:07.19] | cocaine numbs the brain |
[01:08.61] | All I did was think about |
[01:10.06] | how the funds once came |
[01:11.82] | then I ran across this memory |
[01:13.43] | and it stung the brain |
[01:14.74] | How can you ever destroy the beauty |
[01:16.51] | from which one came |
[01:18.09] | That' s a savage you' re the reason |
[01:19.61] | why me and these beats make a marriage |
[01:21.05] | why I rhyme above average and |
[01:23.01] | I ain' t shit |
[01:24.02] | Glad you got yourself together |
[01:25.70] | no thanks to me |
[01:27.03] | Strong and beautiful the way thangs should be |
[01:29.53] | You must love me |
[01:31.60] | Say that you love me |
[01:37.64] | All I know say that you must love me. |
[01:43.56] | Ohh yeah |
[01:47.27] | |
[01:49.04] | We used to fight every night |
[01:50.45] | but I never would suffer |
[01:51.87] | just smile my big brother' s |
[01:53.64] | tryna make me tougher |
[01:55.03] | As we grew fussing and fighting continued |
[01:57.87] | as I plundered through ya stuff |
[01:59.67] | and snuck ya clothes to school |
[02:01.03] | Got intense real intense |
[02:02.89] | as we got older |
[02:04.33] | Never believed it would lead |
[02:05.86] | to be popped in one in ya shoulda |
[02:07.44] | Where my rings? Knew you had it |
[02:09.12] | ' cause you took too long |
[02:10.32] | as Mickey, Andy, and the girl that bought it looked on |
[02:13.51] | Huffin' and puffin' gun in my hand |
[02:15.22] | told you step outside |
[02:16.51] | Hoping you said no but you hurt my pride |
[02:19.60] | made our way down the steps |
[02:21.53] | maybe you thought it was just a threat |
[02:22.98] | or maybe ya life was just that crazy |
[02:24.42] | and you was beggin' for death |
[02:25.94] | try to justify this in my young mind |
[02:27.72] | but ya drillin' it |
[02:29.58] | and my ego hurt combined |
[02:30.88] | drove me berzerk |
[02:32.08] | Saw the devil in your eyes |
[02:33.79] | high off more than weed |
[02:35.40] | confused I just closed |
[02:36.95] | my young eyes and squeezed |
[02:38.23] | What a sound |
[02:39.27] | opened my eyes just in time |
[02:40.50] | to see ya stumbling to the ground |
[02:41.96] | Damn what the fuck I done now |
[02:44.25] | runnin' around in a circle |
[02:45.73] | thinking I' m assed out |
[02:47.35] | hot gun burnin' my waist |
[02:48.97] | ran straight to Jazz' house |
[02:50.63] | Like a stranger damn I just shot my nigga |
[02:53.61] | and ran off into the night as if it was not my nigga |
[02:56.50] | Left the scene how could I go out that way |
[02:59.66] | Still you asked to see me in the hospital ya next day |
[03:02.67] | You must love me. |
[03:04.07] | |
[03:06.10] | What after all the wrong I' ve done |
[03:09.58] | I know you must |
[03:15.58] | |
[03:16.02] | Everything in my power and within my frame |
[03:18.40] | to protect you from this life and |
[03:20.00] | keep you away from the game |
[03:21.51] | But you was one of the few people |
[03:23.18] | that I can trust |
[03:24.52] | and the fact of the matter I slang |
[03:26.45] | these pies for us |
[03:27.77] | You put the pressure on me dearly |
[03:29.38] | rarely would you let it go |
[03:30.72] | Was a thousand and one times |
[03:32.19] | I had to tell you no |
[03:33.76] | When it was one of those days |
[03:35.33] | when nobody was around |
[03:36.81] | and I needed emergency trip |
[03:38.39] | out of town |
[03:39.83] | Searched my mental rolodex |
[03:41.73] | for all the numbers I know |
[03:42.96] | As you stared in my face |
[03:44.47] | asking me could you go |
[03:45.89] | I' m agreed said sender |
[03:47.43] | everything' ll go smooth |
[03:49.19] | just tell her what to do |
[03:50.84] | and everything' ll go through |
[03:52.45] | Strapped her body with them thangs |
[03:54.36] | as you boarded the plane |
[03:56.01] | Couldn' t explain these strange feelings |
[03:57.65] | that I caught and the pain |
[03:58.77] | I' m thinkin' why would I send you |
[04:00.26] | when I knew it ain' t right |
[04:01.57] | I' m thinkin' what would |
[04:02.77] | make you sacrifice ya life |
[04:04.61] | You must love me |
[04:06.05] | |
[04:07.35] | After everything that I' ve done wrong |
[04:12.08] | I know inside you must love me |
[04:27.84] | you must love me |
[04:32.74] | I know that you love me |
[04:42.91] | You showed me I know it |
[04:49.49] | I know |
[04:56.66] | Say that you love me |
[04:58.37] | say that you love me |
[05:03.26] | I know you must love me |
[05:10.95] | you must love me |
[05:15.05] | Oh yes you do |
[05:18.75] | Inside I know it |
[05:21.70] | you' ve always shown it |
[05:24.86] | you love me yea yeah |
[05:27.75] | Oh yeah |
[05:30.67] | I know that you love me |
[05:40.35] | |
[05:40.73] |